John Maguire

John Maguire (1991-25 November 2014) was a Canadian Islamic State fighter during the Syrian Civil War.

Biography
John Maguire was born in Kemptville, Ontario, Canada in 1991, and he moved to Ottawa in his high-school years. He became friends with Muslim co-workers at a Walmart in Ottawa, and he converted to Islam in August 2012. Maguire later became a member of an Islamist cell alongside Khadar Khalib and Awso Peshdary, and Khalib and Maguire travelled to Syria in October 2014 to join the Islamic State. Known as "Abu Anwar al-Canadi", he appeared in IS propaganda videos praising terrorist attacks in Canada. He was believed to have been killed in November 2014 missile strikes on Kobani.